What CPU do I need for GTA 6?
A busy city is CPU work: traffic, pedestrians, physics and streaming. We expect six modern cores to be the floor, with a Ryzen 5 7600 or Core i5-13600K class chip giving a stable 60 FPS.
AMDRyzen 9 9950X3D16CNo CPU limit
AMDRyzen 7 9800X3D8CNo CPU limit
AMDRyzen 9 9900X3D12CNo CPU limit
AMDRyzen 9 9950X16CNo CPU limit
AMDRyzen 9 7950X3D16CNo CPU limit
AMDRyzen 7 7800X3D8CNo CPU limit
IntelCore i9-14900K24CNo CPU limit
IntelCore Ultra 9 285K24CNo CPU limit
AMDRyzen 9 7950X16CNo CPU limit
IntelCore i9-13900K24CNo CPU limit
AMDRyzen 9 9900X12CNo CPU limit
IntelCore Ultra 9 28524CNo CPU limit
IntelCore Ultra 7 265K20CNo CPU limit
IntelCore i7-14700K20CNo CPU limit
IntelCore Ultra 7 26520CNo CPU limit
AMDRyzen 9 7900X12CNo CPU limit
AMDRyzen 7 9700X8CNo CPU limit
IntelCore i7-13700K16CNo CPU limit
IntelCore Ultra 5 245K14CNo CPU limit
AMDRyzen 7 7800X8CNo CPU limit
AMDRyzen 9 790012CNo CPU limit
IntelCore i5-14600K14CNo CPU limit
IntelCore Ultra 5 24514CNo CPU limit
AMDRyzen 5 9600X6CNo CPU limit
IntelCore i9-12900K16CComfortable
IntelCore i5-13600K14CComfortable
AMDRyzen 7 7700X8CComfortable
AMDRyzen 5 96006CComfortable
IntelCore i5-13600KF14CComfortable
IntelCore Ultra 5 225F10CComfortable
IntelCore Ultra 5 22510CComfortable
AMDRyzen 7 5800X3D8CComfortable
AMDRyzen 7 8700G8CComfortable
IntelCore i5-1450014CComfortable
AMDRyzen 5 7600X6CComfortable
IntelCore i7-12700K12CComfortable
AMDRyzen 9 5950X16CComfortable
IntelCore i5-14400F10CComfortable
AMDRyzen 7 5700X3D8CComfortable
AMDRyzen 5 76006CComfortable
IntelCore i5-1350014CComfortable
AMDRyzen 9 5900X12CComfortable
AMDRyzen 5 7500F6CComfortable
AMDRyzen 5 8600G6CComfortable
IntelCore i5-12600K10CComfortable
IntelCore i5-13400F10CComfortable
AMDRyzen 7 5800X8CComfortable
AMDRyzen 5 8500G6CComfortable
AMDRyzen 7 5700X8CComfortable
IntelCore i5-124006CAdequate
IntelCore i5-12400F6CAdequate
AMDRyzen 5 5600X6CAdequate
AMDRyzen 7 57008CAdequate
IntelCore i9-11900K8CAdequate
AMDRyzen 7 5700G8CAdequate
IntelCore i7-11700K8CAdequate
AMDRyzen 9 3950X16CAdequate
AMDRyzen 5 56006CAdequate
IntelCore i3-13100F4CAdequate
AMDRyzen 5 5600GT6CAdequate
IntelCore i9-10900K10CAdequate
IntelCore i5-11600K6CAdequate
AMDRyzen 9 3900X12CAdequate
AMDRyzen 5 5600G6CAdequate
IntelCore i9-9900K8CExpect stutter
IntelCore i3-12100F4CExpect stutter
IntelCore i7-10700K8CExpect stutter
IntelCore i5-11400F6CExpect stutter
IntelCore i5-10600K6CExpect stutter
IntelCore i7-9700K8CExpect stutter
AMDRyzen 7 3700X8CExpect stutter
AMDRyzen 5 55006CExpect stutter
IntelCore i7-8700K6CExpect stutter
IntelCore i5-10400F6CExpect stutter
AMDRyzen 5 3600X6CExpect stutter
IntelCore i7-7700K4CExpect stutter
IntelCore i5-9600K6CExpect stutter
AMDRyzen 5 36006CExpect stutter
IntelCore i5-8600K6CExpect stutter
IntelCore i3-10100F4CExpect stutter
IntelCore i7-6700K4CExpect stutter
AMDRyzen 7 2700X8CExpect stutter
IntelCore i7-67004CExpect stutter
IntelCore i5-9400F6CExpect stutter
IntelCore i7-4790K4CBelow minimum
IntelCore i5-84006CBelow minimum
IntelCore i5-6600K4CBelow minimum
IntelCore i3-9100F4CBelow minimum
AMDRyzen 3 31004CBelow minimum
IntelCore i5-75004CBelow minimum
IntelCore i3-81004CBelow minimum
AMDRyzen 7 17008CBelow minimum
IntelCore i7-3770K4CBelow minimum
IntelCore i5-65004CBelow minimum
AMDRyzen 5 26006CBelow minimum
AMDRyzen 5 2400G4CBelow minimum
IntelCore i7-2600K4CBelow minimum
IntelPentium Gold G54002CBelow minimum
AMDRyzen 5 16006CBelow minimum
IntelCore i5-45704CBelow minimum
IntelCore i5-3570K4CBelow minimum
IntelPentium G45602CBelow minimum
IntelCore i3-71002CBelow minimum
AMDRyzen 3 2200G4CBelow minimum
IntelCore i5-2500K4CBelow minimum
IntelCore i3-61002CBelow minimum
AMDRyzen 3 12004CBelow minimum
IntelCore i3-41302CBelow minimum
AMDFX-63006CBelow minimum
IntelCore i3-32202CBelow minimum
IntelCore i3-21002CBelow minimum
IntelPentium G6202CBelow minimum
AMDAthlon II X2 2502CBelow minimum
These are estimates, not Rockstar's official requirements. Our model is built from current-generation console targets and comparable open-world PC titles, and it will be recalibrated when official specs and real GTA 6 benchmarks are published.